#45B5CA#45B5CA

#45B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B5CA
RGB	rgb(69, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -24.93, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 31.93, 218.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0877 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.104 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6343, 38.5740, 61.7494)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B5CA #CA5A45

analogous

#45CA9D #45B5CA #4572CA

triadic

#45B5CA #CA45B5 #B5CA45

tetradic

#45B5CA #9D45CA #CA5A45 #72CA45

square

#45B5CA #9D45CA #CA5A45 #72CA45

split-complementary

#45B5CA #CA4572 #CA9D45

monochromatic

#216774 #2F91A3 #45B5CA #75C8D8 #A4DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#45B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#45B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B5CA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B5CA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbda',
    500: '#45b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b5ca;
$custom-light: #88cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B5CA

secondary

#D2A299

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B5CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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